Sign up for the Guardian's First Thing newsletterDonald Trump took the microphone at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night, to praise a couple getting married at his Florida resort. “Y’know,” the tuxedoed former president began, standing in front of a waiting band, “I just got, I turned off the news, I get all these flash reports, and they’re telling me about the border, they’re telling me about China, they’re telling me about Iran – how’re we doing with Iran, how do you like that? The Biden administration is struggling to deal with an increase in migrants at the southern border and the political fallout. Figures show the increase of arrivals is seasonal; the administration blames Trump for dismantling policy and infrastructure in pursuit of hardline goals. “We did get 75m votes,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago, which was nearly true, as he collected around 74.3m.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2021 11:37 UTC